Scite Buffer Overflow

Bug #791970 reported by Emanuel Bronshtein
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scite (Debian)
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scite (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: scite

there is a buffer overflow when filename parameter is more then 4096 characters .

test case :
emanuel@emanuel-desktop:~$ scite `python -c "print 'A'*5000"`
*** buffer overflow detected ***: scite terminated

tested on versions :
2.26 , 2.03

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in scite (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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